motor
Webinars
The Trifecta of Electric Motor Reliability
Listen to the recorded version now! This webinar presents the trifecta of motor maintenance focusing on the three reliability strategies for electric motor testing and the order they should be applied...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Articles
The Application of Modern Medium Voltage Variable Frequency Drives
Pumps, fans, and compressors account for over 60% of loads in industrial and processing industries, while medium voltage motors over 200 horsepower account for 1% of the motor population and 45% of electric motor energy consumption...
- Howard Penrose
- MotorDoc LLC
White Papers
Vibration Monitoring for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Vibration monitoring has been employed for some time now; indeed, we can be certain that it has been in use for almost two thousand years...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
White Papers
Putting the Simple Back into Viscosity
Simply stated, viscosity is defined as the internal resistance of a fluid to flow. That doesn’t sound too difficult, does it?
- John Sander
- Lubrication Engineers
Two Minute Tips
Special Application Motors: DC Motor
There are three types of DC motors: Series, Shunt, and Compound. They are similar in the components they have, but dissimilar in the way the field coils are connected...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Two Minute Tips
Special Application Motors: Wound Motor Rotors
Many industrial applications require three-phase motors to operate at variable speeds...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
Interviews
What Are Motor Greasing Best Practices?
In this interview, Clay discusses the steps involved in creating a structure and following the best practices for motor greasing...
- Clay Allen
- Mosaic
White Papers
Maintenance Inspection Windows on Transformers
Transformers are everywhere feeding various voltages into our homes and businesses. When a transformer fails in a commercial or industrial environment, that failure can disrupt a significant portion of your facility operations...
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
Two Minute Tips
Rotor Evaluation Using MCEMAX® – Fp Frequency
Pole-pass frequency (Fp) sideband evaluation is one of the more established methods of rotor evaluation utilizing the current signature analysis test...
- Noah Bethel
- PdMA Corporation
